Chapter 1177

"If you officials still don't believe it, then come with me!"

Soon, everyone went down personally, and a stallion was tied up, its four hooves facing the sky.

It looked at the blue sky, feeling that humans were truly too perverted.

This posture was extremely shameful for a horse!

But when they saw the unworn hooves, the hundred officials were shocked.

Gao Tianlong, Lu Zhen, Zhao Ponu, and others had their tiger-like eyes reddened, and their bodies were trembling slightly due to excitement.

No one knew better than them how important warhorses were.

Lu Zhen let out a breath of turbid air and said heavily, "With these horseshoes, our Da Qian will have at least fifty thousand more cavalrymen!"

Fifty thousand cavalrymen was absolutely a terrifying number, but at this moment, no one thought it was an exaggeration!

The most expensive part of an elite cavalry unit was not the people, but the warhorses!

The service time of a warhorse was too short; a warhorse that could serve for five years was already extremely rare, and half of the warhorses were retired due to hoof wear.

But now, the birth of horseshoes was enough to expand the number of cavalry!

Wu Zhao was also excited; she looked at Gao Yang and said, "Lord Gao, you have made another great contribution, I will reward you heavily!"

"What do you want? Just speak!"

Gao Yang immediately bowed and said loudly, "The Emperor's words are wrong! Although Gao Wenhe is greedy for money and lustful, he also has a heart to serve the country!"

"Today, I am fortunate to have stirrups and horseshoes; if they can help the Emperor expand the cavalry, achieve the merit of hegemony, make our Da Qian iron cavalry roam the four seas, trample the lands of the six kingdoms, and make the name of Da Qian spread throughout the world, this is my lifelong wish!"

"What I seek is not a heavy reward, but for our Da Qian military flags to flutter and be planted all over the nine provinces; if so, even if I die, I will have no regrets!"

Gao Yang said loudly.

Hearing this, Wu Zhao was in an even better mood.

This Gao Yang can talk!

But she noticed the key point: he is a greedy and lustful person!

She understood.

Wang Zhong's mouth twitched upon hearing this.

What a sycophant!

But thinking of his own purpose, Wang Zhong stepped forward and said, "Emperor, Lord Gao's heart is full of blood, such words are truly moving to hear!"

"Wang Zhong has no talent and cannot create stirrups or horseshoes, but I have martial arts, and I wish to set up a red flag a hundred paces away on this day of reviewing troops to perform archery for the Emperor!"

"May our Da Qian trample the Xiongnu, win the first battle, and raise our Da Qian's national prestige!"

These words caused the expressions of the hundred officials to change slightly.

They all understood Wang Zhong's sinister intentions; he was trying to get ahead of Gao Tianlong and prove himself first!

But Wang Zhong wasn't even sixty yet, while Gao Tianlong was almost seventy!

Wasn't this clearly trying to embarrass the Duke?

Lu Zhen's face sank, looking down on Wang Zhong even more.

His lips buzzed as he stared at Wang Zhong; if Wang Zhong continued to speak shamelessly, he would seize the opportunity to spit a mouthful of old phlegm from his mouth.

Wu Zhao also frowned.

Her gaze subconsciously looked at Gao Yang.

But Wang Zhong's words were spoken very beautifully, and it wasn't easy for her to refuse.

Gao Yang's expression was indifferent.

From Wang Xiao's performance, he had guessed a thing or two, so he wasn't surprised at all.

Therefore, he said with a smile, "Emperor, this is a coincidence. After Old General Wang performs, my grandfather also wants to shoot arrows to celebrate for the Emperor."

"Why not let my grandfather and Old General Wang have a competition? It can count as a bit of fun. Although my grandfather is over seventy, he hasn't lost the courage of his youth; he can draw a three-stone bow and shoot one hundred and twenty paces!"